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From practical experience: the right substrate for breeding

Our pair of desert iguanas (Diplosauus dorsalis), Martha and Norman, are very much at home in the building that houses the JBL lab. They have their own terrarium and enjoy the desert sun atJBL ReptilDesert L-U-W Light alu50W and the additional heat and light source from theJBL ReptilDay Halogen100W.

After Thomas, our animal keeper, had cleaned and refilled the substrate yesterday at 9:00 a.m. the animals obviously felt moved to dig a diagonal hollow 15-20 cm deep in the moistened new sand heap and to hide 5 eggs inside at about 12:20 p.m.

Their nutrition is similar to that of the bearded dragons. They like dandelion and other plants found growing wild in meadows and hedgerows. From time to time they also try our new food forŻółwie lądoweHerbil, which they enjoy soaked.